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Name: Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor (782)

Type: Event

Start: 782 AD

End: 783 AD

Parent: Arab-Byzantine Wars

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Was a military campaign by the Abbasid Caliphate in Byzantine Asia Minor.

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  • February 783: The Abbasid Caliphate, led by Harun al-Rashid, advanced along the military roads across the plateau into Phrygia in 783, ultimately leading to the territory falling under the control of the Byzantine Empire.
  • February 782: On 9 February 782, Harun, the fifth Abbasid Caliph, departed Baghdad. The Arabs crossed the Taurus Mountains by the Cilician Gates, and swiftly took the border fortress of Magida.
  • January 783: The Abbasids advanced along the military roads across the plateau into Phrygia.

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